Poetry Wednesdays
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: the art of punishing a child.
Your form is: ghazal
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: hate speech. Your form is: abecedarian. Except instead of using the alphabet use each letter of the first line of poem.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: Daffodils and fleas. Your form is: Diamantes.
Mark Twain said, “Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.” Write an eight line poem about wrinkles. Don’t go for the obvious choice.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: being wound too tight Your form is: three stanzas of three lines each. Each a-line must start with a five letter word. Each b-line must start with an “s” word. Each c-line must use the last word of a-line within it. a b c a b c a…
Your topic is: bruises Your form is: Bouts-Rimés How it works. I give you a list of rhyming words for the end of a specific line in each stanza and you write a coherent poem using the words at the end of each line. bruise man choose plan felon just melon dust worry matter hurry…
Your topic is: growing tomatoes. Your form is: Write a 8 line poem (divide into 2 stanzas of unequal lines) without using the word “red”.